To see what is right and not do it is a lack of courage.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
SE SenecaStoic philosopher · 4 BCE–65 CE이 명언의 의미
Difficulty often lives in our hesitation, not the task itself. Daring to begin shrinks the very obstacle that fear had enlarged.
배경
Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman whose letters offer durable advice on time, fortune, and the good life.
This line is among the quotes by Seneca that readers return to on 동기부여 — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
이어서 읽기
관련 명언
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.